Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/16

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Subject: Re: Hollywood & Photography
From: Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 19:11:48 -0700

Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> Well, the one conceit Hollywood uses which I find especially gagging is the
> red darkroom light.  They have cleaved to this since the days of b&w
> movies, even though the development of panchromatic film in the 1930's
> changed the colour of our safelights from red to dark yellow-green.
> 
> Someone ought to tell the boys that the past sixty years have meant a LOT
> of changes!
> 
> Marc

Yes, you would think since they use film they would know this!

Dennis

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